the new zealand ##ers expected to meet a mere exhibition 15 of scratch players , whereas mr rowland hill had carefully collected the best possible team available . such " passing " as the home men displayed the maori ##s frankly admit they have never previously witnessed . said mcc ##aus ##land whilst we were on the platform waiting for the london train , " i think they would have just beaten us , even if we had been in good form . " following the match against middlesex , the team travelled to the north , where the strongest english rugby teams were based . yorkshire and lancashire dominated the county championship until many of their respective member clubs split from the rf ##u in 1895 over
the new zealanders expected to meet a mere exhibition 15 of scratch players, whereas mr rowland hill had carefully collected the best possible team available. such " passing " as the home men displayed the maoris frankly admit they have never previously witnessed. said mccausland whilst we were on the platform waiting for the london train, " i think they would have just beaten us, even if we had been in good form. " following the match against middlesex, the team travelled to the north, where the strongest english rugby teams were based. yorkshire and lancashire dominated the county championship until many of their respective member clubs split from the rfu in 1895 over